Marshal Georgi Konstantinovich Zhukov, hero of Leningrad, defender of Moscow and Stalingrad, commander of the victorious Red Army at Berlin, was the most decorated soldier in Soviet history. Yet for many years Zhukov was relegated to the status of "unperson" in his homeland. Now, following glasnost and the fall of the Soviet Union, Zhukov is being restored to his rightful place in history. In this completely updated version of his classic 1971 biography of Zhukov, Otto Preston Chaney provides the definitive account of the man and his achievements. To provide a thorough account of Zhukov's life, Chaney draws upon a large range of historical and military sources, correcting old information with new. His most important source is Zhukov's own memoirs, which have recently been expanded to include previously censored material.

Originally published: 1971.

The early years -- Between wars: the "tankist" -- Stalin decapitates the Red army -- Khalkhin-Gol -- Before the storm -- Barbarossa! -- Leningrad, 1941 -- The view from Istra -- The lure of Stalingrad -- The end of Drang nach Osten -- The Third Reich passes into history -- A brief honeymoon -- Obscurity ... and reappearance -- The soldier-politician -- "Black sheep in a small flock": the antiparty group -- Yedinonachalie and Bonapartism: the dismissal of Zhukov -- The resurrection of an unperson.